Star Wars related films will always have a hard time shaking the May 25th release date. I would imagine that the studio would like all of their films released on that date, but with Force Awakens they had to put a flag in the sand on December. It would make sense that Solo comes out in December of 2018. This film is definitely NOT necessary for the character, but a significant amount of pandering to the masses is required to recoup the cost of buying Star Wars. Stand by for Yoda, Obi-Wan, Luke: The Early Years, Boba Fett, IG-88; Junk Yard to Rock Hard, etc. etc.

Seems to me Disney recouped that massive sum just in time to start 'misfiring' with the franchise. SOLO is expected to bomb from what I've read... and finishing the latest trilogy on a good note just got harder after the mixed reviews of "The Last Jedi".

Of course, I can be wrong... but I'm curious to how the next STAR WARS CELEBRATION will present these latest events to their disappointed fans.

Disney have not recouped the cost of Lucasfilm through ticket sales yet. As the article even points out, ticket sales are not profit. Production budget, percentage points, marketing costs, revenue share with theatres... There's an awful lot that needs to be subtracted.

One of the problems with the Solo film is that everything has to be bigger and faster and MORE to compete with that has gone before, but then we're left with Han Solo having been involved in exploits that were bigger, faster and MORE when he was younger than the adventure he had when he met Luke and Obi Wan.

Also doesn't help to give form to his past as it destroys the mystery and is always inferior to the more nebulous notions of what might have made him who he is. It was kind of fun to speculate how he knew so much about Empire procedures, but now we will be told exactly what is what and that isn't as much fun.

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